Executive Order 8134—Modification of Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, as Modified, Prescribing Rates of Compensation of Government Employees in Emergency Agencies, Etc.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, as modified, prescribing rates of compensation of Government employees in emergency agencies, etc., not subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, be, and it is hereby, further modified to provide that the heads of agencies operated in whole or in part from emergency funds the compensation of the employees of which may be fixed without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, may elect to classify the positions of the employees of their respective agencies, now in the service or hereafter appointed, and fix the rates of compensation therefor either in accordance with the salary schedule contained in Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, or in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 15, 1939.